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Black hole blues (and other songs from outer space)

Levin, Janna,,
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"In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the storyof the search, over the last fifty years, for these elusive waves--a quest that has culminated in the creation of the most expensive project ever funded by the National Science Foundation ($1 billion-plus). She makes clear the how the waves are created inthe cosmic collision of black holes, and why the waves can never be detected by telescope. And, most revealingly, she delves into the lives and fates of the four scientists currently engaged in--and obsessed with--discerning this soundtrack of the universe's history. Levin's account of the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks of this unfolding story provides us with a uniquely compelling and intimate portrait of the people and processes of modern science"--

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New Rochelle Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library 539.754 LEVIN (Text)
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Bronxville Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Chappaqua Library 539.754 LEVIN (Text)
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Eastchester Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Hendrick Hudson Free Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Katonah Village Library 539.7 L (Text)
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Larchmont Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Mount Pleasant Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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Mount Vernon Public Library 539.754 L (Text)
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